Weekly Snapshot: Isner Heats Up Houston Field

Tap into the essentials of the week ahead and re-live the highlights of the past week with our Weekly Snapshot, as we serve up an executive summary of what every fan should know, along with a look at the best in social media.

LOOKING AHEAD

Who’s Playing This Week?There are two ATP World Tour 250 events in Houston and Casablanca.

Player To Watch: Juan MonacoThe Argentine is coming off of a semi-final run at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, where he took out Gael Monfils, Andy Roddick and Mardy Fish to reach his second final four at an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event.

Monaco brings a 157-91 tour-level record on clay to Houston this week, looking to get past the quarter-finals for the first time in his third appearance. He is aiming to lift his fifth trophy and second this season, having triumphed at the VTR Open in Vina del Mar (d. Berlocq).

Tough To RepeatDefending Houston champion Ryan Sweeting is bidding to join Andy Roddick and Jaime Yzaga as the only players to retain their crown at the ATP World Tour 250 event. The chart below shows how the past five reigning champions fared when returning to defend their title…

@AmerDelic (Amer Delic )Tiger Woods just made me feel good about my golf game when he shanked a ball and then kicked his club on the 16th hole. #Masters

@BjorkmanTennis (JonasBjorkman)Another impressive DC weekend by John Isner! How far can he go this year? He is solid on every surface out there.#topsevenendoftheyear

Most Popular Facebook Post on Facebook.com/ATPWorldTour

Fan-tastic FeedbackIn response to the special London Underground Map featuring Olympic champions as tube stations, including Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, this comment stood out.Karthik Swaminathan: ‎"This is Rafael Nadal. The next station is Roger Federer. This is a Basketball & Tennis line train to Venus Williams."